Beloved California morning show host stepping down after 30 years on the air

Longtime Bay Area radio host Sarah Clark announced she was retiring after three decades behind the mic.The Alice 97.3 morning show host announced Friday that she’s stepping away from the “Sarah & Vinnie” show in early 2027, ending a three-decade run as one of the Bay Area’s most familiar on-air voices.“After 30 years of getting up at an ungodly hour, in the middle of the night, basically, I’ve decided I’m stepping away from the morning show,” Clark told listeners.“It’ll be exactly 30 years.

That’s exactly half my life.Thirty years of sitting in that same disgusting chair.”Clark stressed the decision was entirely her own and didn’t give listeners an exact date for her final broadcast, calling Friday’s announcement an early heads-up.She and Vinnie Hasson joined San Francisco’s KLLC, better known as Alice 97.3, in February 1997 after working together at an alternative station in Philadelphia.Hasson left in 2002 and returned six years later, but Clark remained through the lineup changes.Her candid, conversational style helped make “Sarah & Vinnie” a longtime ratings hit.She was inducted into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame in 2019.Listeners wasted little time weighing in after the announcement, with longtime fans flooding social media, including the San Francisco Chronicle’s Facebook page.

Some called the show their “one constant” for more than 20 years, while others thanked Clark for decades of laughs.“I listened to them every day when I was commuting,” one fan wrote.“Mornings will never be the same!” another added.“But we wish her well on this next new chapter of her life!”...